Crimson Tide Track & Field Teams Ranked in the Top 15 of the USTFCCCA National Rankings...

Crimson Tide Track:The Alabama men's track and field team is No. 8, while the women are No. 15 in the outdoor preseason U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Rankings released Monday. The men's team posted 167.36 points while the women's team earned 112.70 points.

Alabama is coming off a successful indoor season that saw both the men and women finish in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships in the same season for the first time in school history. Both teams will be in action this weekend at the Florida State Relays on March 24 in Tallahassee, Fla.

The national team rankings are compiled by a mathematical formulae based on national descending order lists and data taken from previous seasons. The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Ranking points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points.